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NOTE. 

The  following  specimens  of  versions  are  arranged,  in  general, 
according  to  the  countries  in  which  they  originated.  The  reader 
begins  with  the  languages  of  the  British  Isles,  1-6,  and  proceeds 
to  the  continent  of  Europe,  7-68.  After  the  languages  of  Asia, 
69-162,  and  of  the  Islands,  163-185,  will  be  found  those  of  Africa, 
186-217,  and  finally  those  which  are  peculiar  to  the  American 
continent,  218-242. 

In  many  cases,  as  will  be  noticed,  the  specimen  is  repeated 
to  show  the  different  alphabets  or  characters  which  the  people 
use.  The  Turkish  version,  for  example,  is  prepared  for  Mos- 
lems in  the  Arabic  letter,  but  for  Armenians  an  entirely 
different  form  is  needed,  and  for  Greeks  yet  another.  See 
Nos.  48-50. 


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JOHN  III.  16." 


1.  ENGLISH. 

For  God  so  loved  the  world,  that  he 
gave  his  only  begotten  Son,  that  whoso- 
ever believeth  in  him  should  not  perish, 
but  have  everlasting  life. 

(Highlands  of 
2.  GAELIC.  Scotland.) 

Oir  is  ann  mar  sin  a  gliradhaich  Dia  an 
saoghal,  gu'n  d'thug  e  'aon-ghin  Mhic  f6in, 
chum  as  ge  b'e  neach  a  chreideas  ann,  nach 
sgriosar  e,  ach  gu'm  bi  a'bheatha  shiorruidh 
aige. 

3.  IRISH. 

Oftt  If  Ti)<vtt  fo  bo  5ti^6y,5  Df<v  ai)  bdTfj<vp, 
50  bcu5  re  <v  eit)5eii)  2t}])eic  [fe^t)],  loi^ur 
516  b§  c|i.eibe-(VT  -ai)  i)<vc  ]ioic-<v6  x^  <*•  tT)U5<v, 
<vcb  50  Tt)beic  oil)  bec<v  rfotn'V,be  <ii3e. 

4.  IRISH  (ieoma?i). 
Oir  is  mar  so  do  ghradhuigh  Dia  an  domhan, 
go  dtug  s6  a  6inghein  Meic  fein,  ionnus  gidh  h6 
chreideas  ann,  nach  rachadh  s6  a  mugha,  achd 
go  mbeith  an  bheatha  shiorruidhe  aige. 

5.  MANX.  (Isle  of  Man.) 

Son  Iheid  y  ghraih  shen  hug  Jee  da'n  theihll, 
dy  dug  eh  e  ynrycan  Vac  v'er  ny  gheddyn, 
nagh  jinnagh  quoi-erbee  chredjagh  aynsyn 
cherraghtyn,  agh  yn  vea  ta  dy  bragh  farraghtyn 
y  chosney. 

6.  WELSH. 
Canys    felly   y    carodd    Duw    y   byd,   fel    y 
rhoddodd  efe  ei  unig-anedig  Fab,  fel  na  choller 
pwy  bynnag  a  gredo  ynddo  ef,  ond  caffael  o 
hono  fywyd  tragywyddol. 


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7.  BRETON.  (Brittanv.) 
Rag  evel-se  eo  en  deus  Doue  caret  ar  bed, 

ma  en  deus  roed  e  Vab  uuik-ganet,  evit  na 
vezo  ket  collet  pioiibenag  a  gred  ennan,  mes 
ma  en  devezo  ar  vuez  eternel. 

8.  FRENCH. 

Car  Dieu  a  tellement  aim6  le  monde,  qu'il 
a  donn6  son  Fils  unique,  afln  que  quiconque 
croit  en  lui  ne  p6risse  point,  mais  qu'il  ait  la 
vie  ^ternelle. 

9.  FRENCH    BASQUE.  (Pyrrhenees.) 

Jaincoac  ecen  hain  maite  i9an  du  mundua, 
non  eman  baitu  bere  Seme  bakharra,  amorea 
gatic  norcere  sinhesten  baitu  hura  baithan  gal 
ez  dadin,  bainan  9an  depan  bethiereco  bicia. 

10.  SPANISH. 
Porque  de  tal  manera  amo  Dios  al  mundo, 

que  haya  dado  d,  su  Hijo  unig^nito;  para  que 
todo  aquel  que  en  61  creyere,  no  se  pierda, 
mas  tenga  vida  eterna. 

11.  CATALAN.       (Eastern Spain.) 
Puix  Deu  ha  amat  de  tal  modo  al  mon,  que 

ha  donat  son  unigenit  Fill,  a  ft  de  que  tot 
hom  que  creu  en  ell  no  peresca,  ans  be  tinga 
la  vida  eterna. 

12.  SPANISH    BASQUE. 
Alchatuco  naiz,  eta  juangonaiz  nere  aitagana, 
eta  esango  diot:    Aita,  pecatu  eguin  nuen  cerua- 
ren  contra,  eta  zure  3,urrea,n.— {Luke  xv.  18.) 

13.  SPANISH  BASQUE  (Guipuscoan  Dialect). 
Joaten  ceratela  bada  eman  zayozcatzute  era- 
cutsiac  jende  guciai :  batayatzen  dituzutela  Ai- 
taren,  eta  Semearen,  eta  Espiritu  santuaren 
icenean. — {Matt  xxviii.  19.) 

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14.  G  I  T  A  N  O.       {Spanish  Gipsies.) 
Mangue  ardinelar6,  y  chalar6  al  batusch,  y  le 
penar6 :  Batu,  he  querdi  crejete  contra  o  Tarpe 
y  anglal  de  tucue. — {Luke  xv.  18.) 

15.  PORTUGUESE. 

Porque  de  tal  maneira  amou  Deos  ao  mundo, 
que  deo  a  seu  Filho  unigenito;  para  que  todo 
aquelle  que  nelle  ere,  nao  pere9a,  mas  tenha 
a  vida  eterna. 

16.  ICELANDIC. 

^vi  svo  elska6i  Guo  heiminn,  ao  hann  gaf 
sinn  eingetinn  Son,  til  pess  ao  hver,  sem  a  hann 
triiir,  ekki  glatist,  heldur  hafi  eihft  hf. 

17.  NORWEGIAN. 

3:^i  faa  ^auer  Oiiib  elffet  SSerben,  at  ^au  ^aber  gibet 
fin  ©en  ben  eenbaarne,  )()aa  bet  at  f)Der  ben,  fom  troer 
paa  f)am,  iffe  [fal  fortabe6,  men  f)aDe  et  ebigt  Sib. 

18.  SWEDISH. 

3:i;  fa  diffabe  ©nb  njcrlbena,  att  {)an  utgaf  fin  enba 
©on,  pa  bet  att  ^mar  od)  en,  fom  tror  ^d  I)onom,  ffad 
icfe  forgaS,  utan  fd  enjinnerligit  lif. 

19.  NORWAY-LAPPONESE   (or  Quanian). 

Dastgo  nuft  rakkasen  ani  Ibmel  mailme,  atte 
barnes  san  addi,  dam  aino,  amas  juokkas,  gutte 
su  ala  assko,  lapput,  *mutto  vai  agalas  aellem 
san  azusi. 

20.  LAPPONESE. 

3utte  ndu  etfi  3"bmel  mdralbeb,  atte  fobn  ulfofmabbl 
ainardgatum  ^^arbnebe,  mai  fart  tutte,  juffo  Jaffa  fo 
nal,  i  falfa  lappot  ainat  dbtiot  efemen  elemeb. 


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21.  RUSS    LAPP. 

TsH  tjjiMk  uito  llMMejib  HHT  uiaSauiiii 
THH  ajbMe,  iiiTO  H45Kec  Ajbre,  axiy- 
msHTMa  9H4iM,  t3H  Bapac  uito  lOKbaHi, 
Kie  CoHHe  Biep,  iM  MaMKbax:B,  a  ^exi 
coHHe  areeajiMyin. 

22.  FINNISH. 

®ind  nitn  on  3uniala  niailinaa  rafaftanut,  etta  ^(in 
anboi  I;dncn  ainoan  ^oifanfa,  ettd  jofalneti  fuin  u[foo 
^dnen  ^dddenfd,  ei  piba  l)uffunian,  inutta  iianfaiffifen 
eldmdn  faanian. 

23.  DUTCH. 

Want  alzoo  lief  heeft  God  de  wereld  gehad, 
dat  hij  zijnen  eeniggeboren'  Zoon  gegeven 
heeft,  opdat  een  iegelijk,  die  in  hem  gelooft, 
niet  verderve,  maar  het  eeuwige  leven  hebbe. 

24.  FLEMISH. 

Want  alzoo  lief  heeft  God  de  wereld  gehad, 
dat  hij  zijnen  eeniggeboren  Zoon  gaf;  opdat 
alien,  die  in  hem  gelooven,  niet  verloren  wor- 
den,  maar  het  eeuwige  leven  hebben. 

25.  GERMAN. 

Sllfo  f)at  ®Ott  bie  SBelt  geliebet  ba^  er  felneu  einge- 
borneii  ©o^n  gab,  auf  t>a^  SUIe,  ble  an  if)n  glauben, 
nid)t  berloren  merben,  fonbern  ba^  ettiige  Seben  ^aben. 

26.  GERMAN   {Hebrew). 

oh  f)b    ^3b}  ]oU  ]v:if>3m:'^'^'h  ]vt^^  iv 

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27.  LITHUANIAN. 

ta'ipo  1>itm  m))leio  fmieta,  fab  famo  mienglmmufl 
[unu  bam,  jeib  iriffi  i  ji  tiffi  iie  |)rn|)iiltii,  bet  am'^ma 
Q\)\^ata  turretu. 

28.  POLISH. 

Albowiem  tak  Bog  umilowal  swiat,  ze  Syna 
swego  iednorodzonego  dal,  aby  kazdy,  kto  wen 
wierzy,  nie  zginal,  ale  mial  zywot  wieczny. 

29.  POLISH    (Hebrew). 

30.  WEN  DISH   (Upper).        (Lusatia.) 
^frf)et03  tat  je  So^  ton  Somjet    liibolijal,   fo  'iron 

|fn)ojeI;o  jeniqfef;o  narob^ene^o  86t;iia  bal  je,  fo  bi)cf)U 
Wit^X),  fi5  bo  niel)o  mjerja,  f^ubent  nebi;ll,  ale  mjec^ne 
5ih)enlc  mjeli. 

31.  WEN  DISH   (Lower).         (Lusatia.) 
^fc^eto   taf   jo  Bo^g   ten   ffmet   liiboiral,   aj   h)on 

jftrojogo  iabno|)oro3onego  ffi)nna  bal  jo,  abii  f(l)i;fnc 
bo  liogo  trere^e,  fgubone  hebiili,  ale  to  uimeriie  juinehe 
meli. 

32.  BOHEMIAN. 

9ltho  taf  S3n^  milomal  [met,  3e  Sl;na  fme^o  gebJio- 
roaene^o  bal,  ah\)  fajbi),  fbo3  mefj  m  ne^o,  nejaliljnul, 
ale  mel  jilrot  irecni;. 

33.  HUNGARIAN. 

Mert  tigy  szeret6  Isten  e'  vil^got,  hogy  az  5 
egyetlenegy  sziilott  Fij^t  adn^,  hogy  minden, 
valaki  hiszen  6  benne,  el  ne  vesszen,  hanem 
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34.  HUNGARIAN-WENDISH.    Hungary.) 

Ar  je  tak  lubo  Bog  ete  szvet,  da  je  Szin^  szvo- 

jega  jedinorodjenoga  d^o,  da  vsz^ki,  ki  vu  nyem 

verje,  sze  ne  szkvari,  nego  md,  'zitek  vekivecsni. 

35.  SLOVENIAN. 

Kajti  tako  je  Bog  Ijubil  svet,  da  je  sina 
svojega  edinorojenega  dal,  da  kdorkoli  veruje 
va-nj,  ne  pogine,  nego  da  ima  vecno  ^ivljenje. 

36.  LATIN. 

Sic  enim  Deus  dilexit  mundum,  ut  Filium 

suum  unigenitum  daret,   ut   omnis  qui  credit 

•  in  eum  non  pereat,  sed  habeat  vitam  eternam. 

37.  ITALIAN. 

Perciocche  Iddio  ha  tanto  amato  il  mondo, 
ch'egli  ha  dato  il  sue  unigenito  Figliuolo, 
acciocche  chiunque  crede  in  lui  non  perisca, 
ma  abbia  vita  eterna. 

38.  ROMANESE    (Oberland).    (Sivitzerland.) 

Parchei  Deus  ha  teniu  il  mund  aschi  car,  ca  el 

ha  dau  siu  parsulnaschiu  figl,  par  ca  scadin,  ca  crei 

en  el,  vomi  buc  d,  perder,  mo  hagi  la  vita  perpetna. 

39.  ROMANESE  (Enghadine).    (SwUzerland.) 

Perche  chia  Deis  ha  taunt  ama  '1  muond,  ch'el 

ha  dat  seis  unigenit  Filg,  acio  chia  scodiin  chi 

crajain  el  nun  giaja  si  perder,  mo  haja  vita  eterna. 

40.  PIEDMONTESE. 

Perch6  Iddiou  a  1  ha  voulsu  tantou  ben  al 
mound,  ch'a  1  ha  dait  so  Fieul  unic,  per  che 
chiounque  a  i  presta  fede  a  perissa  nen,  ma 
ch'a  1  abbia  la  vita  eterna. 


JOHN  III.  16. 

(Waldenses, 

41.  VAUDOIS.  N.Italy.] 

Perqu6  Diou  ha  tant  vourgu  b6n  ar  mount,  qu'a 
1  ha  dounai  so  Fill  unic,  per  que  quiounqu6  cr6  en 
el  periss6  pa,  ma,  qu'a  1  abbia  la  vita  6ternella. 

42.  MALTESE. 

Ghaliex  Alia  hecca  hab  id  dinia  illi  ta  I'lben 
tighu  unigenitu,  sabiex  collmin  jemmen  bih 
ma  jintilifx,  izda  icoUu  il  haja  ta  dejem. 

43.  GREEK  (Ancient). 
OvTOt)  yap  r)ydir7)(Tev  6   Beo?  tov  Koa-fiov, 

cj(TT6  TOV  vlov  uvTOv  TOV  fjLovoyevTj  eScoKev,  Xva 
ira^  6  TTLaTevcov  ek  avTov  iirj  dTroXrjTaL,  aXX 
^XV  K^W  cLl<ovtov, 

44.  GREEK  (Modem). 
Alotl  Toaov  yyaTTTjcrev  6  Qeb^  tov  Koa-fiov, 

axTTe  eBcoKe  tov  Tlbv  avTOv  tov  jjuovoyevy),  hid 
vd  firj  diroXecrdfj  ird^  6  inarevoDV  ek  avTov, 
dWd  vd  exo  ^(orjv  alayviov. 

45.  GREEK  (Modern)  (Roman). 
Sicothis  thelo  ifjaghi  pros  ton  patera  mu,  ke 
thelo  ipi  pros  afton.  Pater,  imarton  is  ton  ura- 
non  ke  enopion  su.— (Z^A;e  xv.  18.) 

46.  ALBANIAN   (Gheg). 
Sepse    Perendia  kaUi    e   desti  botene,    sa   Sa 
Blrin'  e  vet,  vetem-l'emine,  per  mos  me  uvdiere 
gi0e-kus   t'i  besoye,   por  te   kete   yete   te    pa- 
soseme. 


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47.  ALBANIAN   (Tosk). 

^6  yfrk  IlepvTLa  kolkc  i  Beai,  iroreve^  era 
ke  Ba  re  iripp  irly  re  /SirefiLve,  ke  t^lXo 
Bo  ke  re  Treaoye  vre  at  re  /xo9  'xpvfnrdae^ 
TTO  re  kere  yeTev'  i  ira  aroaovpe. 

48.  TURKISH   {Arabic). 

49.  TURKISH   (Ghxek).- 
ZCpa  !AXKa')(^  Tsvycaycr)  irov  Karap  o-effri 
KLy  Kevrl  TTLpLT^iK  ^  OyXovvov  peprly  tolkl  ')(ep 
ova  Ivavav,  ^aC  oXfJiayta,  iWa   iiriri  ')(alaTa 

fiaXlK  oXd. 

50.  TURKISH   Urmenian). 

OjUl    X 

(Spanish  Jews 
51.  SPANISH   (Hebrew).        in  Turkey.) 

if>i  owf^  HDW  bb  ob  vn  b^f^  )vt>  ''D^f'  ^p")i::> 
••f^np  ""p  b^f'  M)))  ^p  oii'ip  nf'bf'Jin  ipf'  id  ob 


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52.  ROUMAN   (Bomun).  Prov.) 

Caci  asa  a  iubit  Dumuedeu  lumea,  incat  a  dat 

pre  Fiiul  seu  eel  unul-nascut,  ca  tot  eel  ee  erede 

in  el  si  nu  se  pierde,  ei  si  aiba  vieta  eterna. 

53.  ROUMAN   (Gyril  character). 
Kill  a'uia  a  isniT  D«mneze«  jiumea,  ki  a  dar  ne  4>iivjr 
(BiS  HBA  ■snsAn'hc'k-ST,  ka  tot  neA  ne  kpede  jfn  eji  ei,  nz 
seapi,  Hi  CB  aiE-B  Biia^l>  BeHniki. 

54.  RUTHENIAN.      (Little RimUi.) 

fiCTABLUH    H0iA8  A^    ^T'H^    MOIEPO,    f 

3KA7t^8  lEMg:  OtME,  SrpllUHB  lEM  npOTIB 

HEKA  I    HEpEA  TCKOB.— (iwA;e  xv.  18.) 

55.  SERVIAN. 

Jep  Bory  laKO  OMHjbe  cbhjgt  4a  je  h 
cHiia  CBOJera  je4HHOp04Hora  4ao,  4a  hh 
je4aH  KOJH  ra  BJepyje  ne  norHHe,  Hero 

4a  HMa  5KHB0T  BJeHHH. 

56.  CROATIAN. 

Jer  Bogu  tako  oniilje  svijet  da  je  i  sina 
svojega  jedinorodnoga  dao,  da  ni  jedan  koji 
ga  vjeruje  ne  pogine,  nego  da  ima  zivot  vjecni. 

57.  BULGARIAN. 
3amOTO  Bor'B  TOJLKOSb  B'h3AV)6u  CB-fel^B- 

Ti,  moTO  4946  CwHa  CBoero  e4HHopo4Ha- 
ro,  3a  4a  He  noruHe  bchkoS  koMto  Btpy- 
Ba  Bi  Hero,  ho  4a  HMa  mchboti  Btqeni. 


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58.  SLAVONIC. 

Takw  ko  B03AIOKH  Brx  iv\(pz,  iSkw 
H  Gna  cboetc  eA"M<^P^A"A^<5  A^Ax  ecTb, 

AA  BcAkZ  B'fepgAH  BZ  OHb,  HE  nOPHK- 
HETZ5  HO  HMATb  TttHBOTZ  B'^MHblH. 

59.  RUSSIAN. 

H60  TaKi  B03jiK)6H.i:b  Bon  Mipi,  hto 
OTAajii  Cbina  CBoero  e4HHopo4Haro,  4a6bi 
BCflKiti,  Btpyiomiii  bi  Hero,  He  norndx,  ho 

HMtjIl  5KH3Hb  BtMHyiO. 

60.  ESTHONIAN   (Reval).       (Rmsia.) 
©efl    nenba    on   3ummal    ma-ilma    armaflanub,  et 

tcmma  omnia  aino  fiinbinub  ^o'la  on  annub,  et  ufffi, 
fe6  temnia  flffe  iiffub,  ci  |)ea  ^uffa  fama,  iraib,  et  igga= 
h)enne  ello  temmal  |)eab  oriema. 

61.  ESTHONIAN   (Dorpat). 

Sefl  niba  om  3iininiat  febba  ilma  armaftanu,  et 
temma  omnia  aino  fiinbinu  ^oiga  om  anbnu,  et  fif, 
fea  temma  pfe  uffitia,  l^uffa  ei  fa,  enge  iggah)e|l  ello 
fatoa. 

62.  LETTISH.  (Uvonia.) 

Un  tif  lol^ti  ^eeh)9  to   ^afauli  mi^Iejie,   fa  minfd) 

faiDU   J)af(f)U   it)ennpeebrinmufc()u   ^el^lu   irr  beh)i8,   fa 

iriffeem  teem,  faS  tijj  eeffd)  ininna  ne  buf;8  j)afuflee6, 

bet  to  mul)fcl)igu  b[l^h)o[d)anu  babbuf)t. 

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63.  KARELIAN.  (Finkind.) 

HifiHi  ana  Ba^ryoB'B  uiiiiH'B  Ba.irie 
HHerMHsieH'B  iemuifl,  io  ana  naxuiaficb 
miflHt  riOBain'B  aaieiu'B:  h  Kiitmtmmaficb 
iriiflH'B  Tyammyo^  KyM6aHe  oh'b  maMBara- 

fflUia.— (3/a^^.  V.  16.) 

(Finns  about 
64.  Z IRIAN,  or  Siryenian.       Vologda.) 

Cbl^SH  ME^X  lOrZAAACZ  TIANX  lOPbl- 

AX  MOpTZACZ  B0A3HHZ,    ME^^i   AA3>^CHbJ 

niAHAblCb    KgpZ    KEpOMZACZ,    H  OUJKA- 

CHW     BaTECZ    TiAHAblCb,    KO^W     HEKE- 

CAACZ  BlilAblH5i.-(ifcra!!^.  v.  16.) 

65.  SAMOGITIAN.  (WUna.) 

Slefa  tai|)o  ^ieh)a§  numilejo  frateta,  iog  ©unu  falro 
miengimufi  bcitre:  ibant  fiefwienae,  furS  ing  ji  tif,  ne 
j)ro5Utu,  bet  hiretii  amjina  girtjata. 

66.  MORDVIN. 

CeKci  Hcuifl  BeHKHse  Hasi  MacmOpoHb 
apHUami,  mKCh  maKcuse  uibpanao  coHse 
cKaMOHt  luaimyMaHb,  miu66bi  apbBa  KCMHua 
jiaHro30H30  aBOjib  ioMa,  ho  y.ieBe.Jb  ehh- 
rcHb  spaMoco. 

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67.  TCHEREMISSIAN.  Volga.) 

r 

TeHbr6  apamaH:b  lOwa  caH4ajiHKaM'B, 
mina  liKi  uiKe  sprajKaMi  nyurb,  caKafi 
HHaHbuia  lUbiAa^aHt  riHJKe-am'B,  a  ri^eace 
Bapa  My4am49Ma  Kypymi  My^Ka. 

68.  TCHUWASH.  (Volga.) 

CnuAh  i6pa4pe  Topa  94eMa,  uito  6ap34 
xy  fBUAue  n^pb  cropaAUbme,  mTo6bi  nopb 
HHflHflrrflHb  OH^  ani  nH)4Tapib,  a  6cpd4ap'b 
iJTttiopbrH  6;fpHa3a. 

69.  WOT  J  A  K.  (T^.  Siberia.) 

03H    Me4'b    nHUITOS'b    lOrblT'b-Tbl    mAil/lT* 

a4aMHi6c'ba3HHi,    coocb     Me4'b     a43i63bi 

43eUb  yTKAdCb  THj!a4'b,  Cfl-HO  111641  cioTOSbi 
AHjIM,  Ky4bI3l  UWb  BhUbm'b,—{Matt.  V.  16.) 

70.  W  O  G  U  L.      (Ural  Mountains.) 

TH-cayBT  TopHM  epenxHcia  MepMa  cto 
ejie-MHcxa  aKyiejiHM  nyBia,  hcto  cokhh- 
Kap,  KOH  ariia  tSbb,  ai  nn  kojihh,  a  HHpa 

jIHJIMa  KOHTHia. 

71.  ORENBURG,  or  Kirghise  Tartar. 

'  •  y  y^  c?^i  J^  wj^  1/5^  tJUii  \^T  j^  *r 


=^^ 


14 


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72.  OSSETINIAN.  (Caucasus.) 

HaDMaBj^aepi^tTaep  Xfnsif  a*'^®  dayapcia  Aynei,  seMsa 
Jffl  jj^flaerrj^p^  ^vp'^v^asp  pa^ia  fuseE,  nseMsej  Yj  gaej 
ypna,  j^j  Ma  *ecse*a,  *aeja3  m  ja  seHycoH  aap^. 

73.  HEBREW. 

:ib  rn^  Dbi3?  ^^n-D!j<  ^;d 

74.  ARMENIAN   (Ancient). 

y^h  luihiul^u  ujtnbiua  \^,u^ 
gnni_ujir  niU2tuujn^  JIiU^Il  af]/»-^ 
jri  A'if  jiLn  Jhiuh^ltli  bin  ♦  alt  uiJh^ 
uiufU      nn     ^uiLUimuii  */r     uuj    up 

juMLnuilihiuuujUu  ♦ 

75.  ARMENIAN   (Modern). 
\Su^nL    nn    \^^uutnLui6'     UJUuilib 

uhnbn  lu^t^uin^n  tlifli^b.  nn  nn 
tlhuihrttU  Wpnltli  mnL^iUL.  ♦  nn 
ujJlfli  nil  nn  ufUnn  ^uilujuiumi^ 
^linnunLb ,  ^ujiuum  tuML-bmlhiUM^ 
buhi     bbuiUp     nthiliUuJi  i 

76.  ARMENIAN  (Ararat). 

^VyiuuiiCuiiLb  nn  ^^uutnuuth-  l^uf^u  ufinba  ut^ptutn^o/iii 
JJiU^h.  nn  hnuili  ilhuih-ltb  f)/"7-A^  innt-UtL.  •  nn  umJI^Ii  nif 
nn        ^uiuutututi        'Unnuili'        icU''Pih  f  "ill         juti-hinliUtuliuiU 


^¥ 


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SPECIMEN    VERSES. 

77.  GEORGIAN. 

coyljo   9brr>^cia-^  ScrhSo^j^o    9a>^ljQ^5 

78.  KOORDISH. 
^ni/ut       DO       ]ifO£#ii^       uni^uufu 

^nLiuuhiin       uinUi^^      ^ujP~uj      do 

bl^oauj  *|>/ff_#i_^  ^o  uiui^  ^K/^  ^^/^ 

-^A  -^®  (hl;n-UJ  hiTiuli  gulihLU  uhl^ 

^uMjuip-n-UM  ifuJifip  lunLuui* 

79.  AZERBIJAN. 

.4\j\    d)iU  AJV 

#-^  — "=# 

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80.  TURKISH  TARTAR,  or  Karass.  (Astrakhan.) 

81.  ARABIC. 


(Jews  in  Si 
82.  ARABIC  (Hebrew).       Yemen,  <&c.) 


nn   x^'p  )'Q  bD    ^brr^  ^b'^ob  Tn^bx   nans 
nnfi^bi^  nx^n  nb  .'jid'^  ba 

83.  ARABIC  (Carshun).  (Mesopotamia, Ac.) 

^^^  ;o^l^  «CSSS  .A^]  ]^c, 

84.  SYR  I  AC  (Ancient). 
:  ^fra  ^pbMM.  ojaa^s  jj^^i  :  ^"fflVv,^  lof^i  au*.!  9u\^  jsiao; 


T  3  17  ^ 


•^^^ 


SPECIMEN    VERSES. 
85.  SYR  I  AC  (Modern). 

^oc^  ;^'2     :  wtlj^fis  ^    qua  ^cya  ^  Aap     :  ^^   ^3>a4 

86.  PERSIAN. 

-^^"jr'y  O*^;;^  ^;;r^  "^  ^j/  -"^ 

87.  PERSIAN    (Hebrew).    (Jews  in  Persia.) 

^^bn  n-iifc^  ixiDis   lic  nn    hd  od  ^n  «n 

88.  PUSHTOO,  or  Afghan. 
(Jjf    ij^     (^J^     ^J^^    ^^^  ^  ^)^ 

iP  ^jj  ^y^  ^^  l^  J^  &«^  «?•  «^ 


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89.  SANSKRIT. 

90.  URDU,  or  Hindustani    (Arabic). 

91.  URDU    (Persian). 

92.  URDU   (Roman). 
Kytinki  Khuda  ne  jah^n  ko  ais^  piy^r  kiy^ 

hai,  ki  us  ne  apn^  iklautS.  Beta  bakhsha,  t^ki 
jo  kol  us  par  Imd,ii  l^we,  haUk  na  howe  balki 
hamesha  kl  zindagi  p^we. 

93.  BENGALI. 

CTJWl  ^iT  ^ilj3?r  sif^  *£i^rs  c^ '  ^^ii^Hj  ^  "^^lif 


^^ 


i 


^»=4H^ 


SPECIMEN    VERSES. 


94.  BENGALI   (Roman). 
Kenan^  Ishwar    jagater    prati    eman    day^ 
karilen,  je   apan^r   adwitiya    Putrake    pradan 
karilen ;    ttlh^te    t^nhd^r    bishwask^ri    pratyek 
jan  nashta  nS,  haiy^  ananta  paramayu  p^ibe. 

95.  MUSSULMAN-BENGALI. 

3m  c'ftTfi  wr^ym  wicz^  "^^^n  c^^  ^f?z^,  cj  f^f^ 
'sii^^ta  lii^c^fivfi  c^tc^  ■5'tH*t  :?f^^T^,  ^ii"n  en  c^u 
n^  ^^tsr  ^'t?:?  t^rt^  'srtrR  c^r  ^tsrl^  ^rl  \\%  ^i^z^ 

96.  S  A  NT  ALL  (Bencfoi.) 
Nonka  b4re  4pe  hon  horko  samangre  marsdl 

gnel  ochoitape  jemon  unko  hon  apea:  bugi  kami 
gnelkate  4peren  sermaren  jainami:  ko  sarhaue. — 

(Matt  V.  1 6.)  (KoUs  of  Chota 

97.  MONDARL  Nagpore.) 

f^wfn  mHT^TT    ^T^  ^r^  ^WiW  ^T5T  ^^1^   ^O^  ^PTT 

iHlil  ft^Bft  ^  ^J^  ^'n  ^^^  II  {Marh  iii  35.) 

98.  LEPCHA. 

€]  To  C£  AO  r)  ^)  ^j  (^  <j  -^^i 
u(o^  (of  ¥)ftv5^(Of^3^'^  ^i 

99.  ORISSA. 

s*^  ^  G^lq  qff^  OQflia  aipQ  ^SjSiq  £^€1,q  c^si©§[^ 


20 


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100.  HINDI,  or  Hindui. 
^$ff^   t?^^   ^HcT^T    ^^T   ^X  f^T 

%  ill  ^^mr  f^^TH  ^^T^  HTJT  ^ 
|t^  ir?^  ^^{^  -^n^  xn%  I 

101.  HINDI  (Kaithi). 

5IT5  IT  it^  ^"^3  ^^ir  ?ft^^  TiT^  I 

102.  SINDHI   (AraUc).   (Western India.) 

'•■'  ^       -i^  '\        -  ^.-    ^==  ^=  ^ 


103.  SINDHI   {GuruMvkU). 
ST  Aft  3¥t^^  ^fl?T5  %  ft^  fW»HT^  ^  ^  \rt^ 

104.  MOULTAN,  or  Wuch,  or  Ooch. 
•^WOLtt  «-Ha>kn  'iTioarN  ws  5\.«>  vtst>ja3  aff  iy&?»^ 


21 


SPECIMEN    VERSES. 


105.  PUNJABI,  or  Sikh. 

106.  CONDI.  (Ce?itraZ  India .) 

%rT7^  *ift^  ^njTtT  ^bt^Irt  Jr%  ^w^  »rr^  t^^  fgni 

T'nr^  ^ "  "  (Mx^^.  V.  16.) 

107.  NEPALESE,  or  Parbutti. 

108.  TELUGU.  (S.E.  India.) 

109.  CANARESE.  (Mysore.) 

S^d^S  iSo^-^j  OJQ^uBi^O^  ^^ii  •^^^  ^TBQ 
#  22  * 


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110.  SINGHALESE.  iCeyTmi.) 

©663®  Q^^oes  ©vs^o©  a^^oQ  O0^^c3  e©^r> 

c5>5D^cjc^D  ®<j^x5^  ©6300  c50«)xrj  eadt^xSTiD  sxS 
111.  PALI. 

SDt)  ^  §O^CO:£oC)  G9Go]    ODGODOOgOOD 
O^  900^   GCODODGOggODGOGQOO  H 

112.  TAMIL. 

(o^sU(^j  ^iii(ipoo:)i_LU  gpGcrSU/nncor  ^mncrScOT 

6dler6ijrT&l(3«QjT)6U(ror  6T6LiS(^  c^eucybr  Gsil 

iLljuj-s^,    QiQjflOirr^    ejr^s^CTfl,    ^ajsucrr 

113.  DA  KHAN  I,  or  Madras  Hindustani. 

(Gfen.  i.  14.)      •  ^J,^  c^b   i'  ^y^^  ^ji   ^_^y^  ^jl 
114.  MALAYALAM.       (Travancore.) 


23 


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SPECIMEN    VERSES. 

115.  TULU.       (W.  of  the  Mysore.) 

116.  MA  RAT  HI.      (Western  India.) 

^1  cTc  ^"^rr^  ^^"^T  ^^  iff^fcT  %^ 

^W\f(    ^'   ^   ^t^   ^T^T  f^^^ 
^f^cTt  ^^T  HTST  ft^  ^%,  cR  ^MT 

117.  MA  RATH  I   (Modi). 
118.  GUJERATI. 

Ihs  Vi  <^oia  h:i  ^na  hIPi  RHl,  a 

^l^i  viOj.  5»>l4ct  ^cK  HL^. 


4 


24 


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119.  PARSI-GUJERATI. 

HL^?!  ^lhI^l  li,    ^    TliT   ^ni   @H^ 

^Colonies  in 
120.  INDO-PORTUGUESE.       Ceylori.) 

Parqui  assi  Deos  ja  ama  o  mundo,  qui  elle 

ja  da  sua  s6  gerado  Filho,  qui  quemseja  lo  cr6 

ne  elle  nada  ser  perdido  senao  qui  lo  acha  vida 

eterno. 

121.  ASSAMESE. 

«rt3  ete^  iTfc^  <i^  (9^  ^rt  'R'^tvsz^  i\?M^  ^for  i 

122.  K  MASS  I.  (Eastern  India.) 
Naba  kumta  U  Blei  u  la  leit  ia  ka  pyrthei, 
katba  u  la  aiti-noh  ia  la  U  Khfln  ia  u  ba-la- 
kha-marwei,  ba  uei-uei-ruh  u  bangeit  ha  u,  u'n 
'nu'm  jot  shuh,  hinrei  u'n  ioh  ka  jirigim 
b'ymjiukut. 

123.  SIAMESE. 


25 


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SPECIMEN    VERSES. 

124.  PEGUESE.  (Burmah.) 

5GC^  0S60CO  S  9gD  S  (X)C|i  093  OCXO  S  OOd£ 

SC  CJdc>CO  I  OOGCOC  ^^  COCX5C  Ct)9O0  OOl 

125.  BURMAN. 

CoaSn^f^ggS  Gco  o  01^03  G0I  6'sc^oogc^  0S8:  g  6';  o^occj^o  o5ii 
03  o^coD  o  GL930ooS5|(?^g  6':o^G[Gog  6*:  ^lo^G^o:  cxDD(?oo5  38 
|oo  o1: 00  g:  cooo  ooo :  GOO  5o^g  gG<3o  5'(j^oo  g  o|6'Ga5o  (S(?co3  d^ 
ooo:c§o^^5ao^osGoo5(^d5B 

126.  KAREN.  (Burmah.) 

^QOIOoS^aOgl  ^pODOT  §,  3.8  ooco5" 
OCOI^SO  5031^0031^1  000103503:$" 
*)^pD0303S  010301 ,  Ss03S«  5bo  p035oO§1 

oooSicSScSi . 

127.  BGHAI-KAREN. 

(xncoiooo  2  CO  2  339  03  s  0338^1^339  tn.03 

233339339  3303<^)033  O33O302  03s(X)S 
COy\,  032  032  038o3J1oSd0300302  032  02 
0^2,  SS)C.12D1Cq9520G^203a.  (1  John  i.  3.) 


H^ 


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{Matt.  Y.  16. 
130.  TIBETAN. 


^ 

^h 


128.  SGAU-KAREN. 

69953^Of|CO"5o0§S§of,  3§2S)8c)Tc09  QSOCjS 

CO^-  (1  Jb/in  i.  3.) 

129.  PWO-KAREN. 

o  o 


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SPECIMEN    VERSES. 
131.  MALAY. 

v::^.xl«  ^U   ^_^l«  ^jS)  oU;  ^^j  ^^1  t/*v*  hf- 

132.  MALAY  (Rormn). 
Kiirna  dumkianlah  halnya  Allah  tulah  munga- 
sihi  orang  isi  dunia  ini,  sahingga  dikurniakannya 
Anaknya  yang  tunggal  itu,  supaya  barang  siapa 
yang  purchaya  akan  dia  tiada  iya  akan  binasa, 
mulainkan  miindapat  hidop  yang  kukal. 

133.  LOW  MALAY,  or  Soerabayan.  (Bakivia.) 
Kama  sabagitoe  sangat  Allah  soedah  menga- 
sehi  isi  doenia,  sahingga  ija  soedah  membri 
Anaknja  laki-laki  jang  toenggal,  soepaja  sasa- 
orang  jang  pertjaja  akan  dia,  djangan  binasa, 
hanja  beroleh  kahidoepan  kakal. 

134.  DAJAK.  (Borneo.) 

Krana  kalot'a  kapaham  Hatalla  djari  sinta 
kalunen,  sampei  iai  djari  menenga  Anake  idja 
tonggal,  nakara  gene-genep  olo,  idja  pertjaja 
huang  ia,  ala  binasa,  baja  mina  pambelom 
awang  katatahi. 

135.  JAVANESE. 
iwi  oi  CT  loji  J  (tj  am  3  m  tm  (inn  (u  m  Tft  (^ 

«]Ki3\      m(Kin3(WflSTiO(KiniijQrn3in'm(unOTniaiui 

(a5i5(nKiiitj(Lnn2(>ci(aST\  iwi(Ln(uui(wiTn(uiS;(i|(i3i3K!B 

(a^  (Wj  iiiu]  EJi  in  (mn  o  us^  (EJi  imi  m  (un  3  in  oSi  ofu 


«](Lm3(rjQan?oj]Tnnji 


28 


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136.  BALINESE.    (Dutch E.  Indies.) 
Mapan  keto  pitresnan  Hida  sanghyang  Widi 

tken  djagat6  makedjang,  tka  Hida  nedoenang 
hokan6  n6  sanoenggal  kahoetoes  mahi,  kna 
Cilang  hanak6  n6  ngandelang  hi  hoka  boe- 
hoeng  naraka,  nanging  kna  hya  nepoekin 
kahidoepan  tan  pegat. 

137.  SUNDANESE. 

Ajeuna  mah  dek  indit  ngadeuheusan  ka  bapa, 
sarta  rek  oendjoekan  kijeu  :  Noen  ama,  simkoe- 
ring  geus  tarima  migawe  dosa  ka  sawarga  sar6ng 
di  pajoeneum  &ma.—{Luke  xv.  18.) 

138.   N  I  A  S.   (Island  near  Sumatra.) 

Ando   wa  lawa'o  ira   ma'afefu :    Ya'iigS   hiilo 

da   sggi  O'no  Lowalani?     Ba  manua'o  la  hora 

ando :   lami   ande  manua'o,  me  la'odo  ande  so 

la  ando. — (Luke  xxii.  70.) 

139.  BATTA   (Toba).  (Sumatra.) 

*?><•»        "^O      »^<5»5C      -^O       ••— *=?x\5CO<55>0»'^-»X\ 

"^Tc-    .fc-5    oc-^x    *->-«'T~\    -5    -— «s5.x\:i-ic^     .^o 
*•.«»-»       w->-xr      -rxrx^v^-av      -^      .,B-5-»5-c      -5Q 

140.  BATTA  (Mandaheling). 


29 


^^ 


4 


SPECIMEN    VERSES. 


<^ 


HI- 
HI.  Classical. 

f  -It. 


Vffl 


1  4 
4JI 


H4.  CHINESE 
H2.  Mandarin. 

^  'It 


m 


n 

t 


H3.  Foochow 
(Colloquial). 

^  t 


<^ 


144.  NINOPO  (Colloquial)  (Bomoin). 
Ing-we  Jing-ming  se-sih  shii-kaen-zong  tao 
ka-go  dln-di,  we  s-16h  Gyi-zi-go  doh-yiang 
ng-ts,  s-teh  vsen-pah  siang-sing  Gyi  cii-kwu 
feh-we  mih-diao,  tu  hao  teh-djoh  uong-yiin 
weh-ming. 


30 


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145.  Swatow 
(Colloquial) 


O  £ 


145-148.  CHINESE 

146.  Shanghai 
(Colloquial). 

A,  ^  0^ 
'a  ^  ^^ 

E  ^  ti* 


^^ 


<^  ± 

m  ^ 

S  ® 
t  m 

n 

m 
n 

148.   AMOY  (Colloquial)   (Roman). 
Siong-te  chiong  t6k-si°  e  Kia°  siu°  su  se-kan, 
ho  sin  i  e  lang  m   sai  tim-lun  oe  tit-tioh  eng- 
oah ;    I  thia°  se-kan  6  lang  kau  4n-ni. 


31 


n  ^-  m- 
y^  B  ± 

f  n 


147.  Soochow 
(Colloquial). 


^^ 


4 

J 

^ 

1 

SPECIMEN    VERSES. 

7^ 

149-152.  CHINESE. 

149.  NANKING  (Colloq). 

150.  CANTON  (Colloq). 

m  #  ^  I&  ± 

m.  «i,  *js 

m 

ift  ^  #  ta:  -J^ 

tr.  V  IS 

^ 

A  ^  3^  A.  «1 

$B   fix!    Jt   ®   ® 

Itt  ^   g  J9R  ^ 

^.  =g^.  -©  6t 

±    pT  li   ^ 

^      Ja      It      ^v 

X  1^  m 
#  ;l  ^ 
^  in  z 

± 

1^. 

^  #  A  ^ 

m.  IB 

« 
s 

151. -SHANGHAI   (Colloquial)  (Roman). 

lung-wse'  Zung  juk  se'  s'-ka  long'  kuk  niung 

lau,  soong'  pseh  ye  kuk  dok  'yaug  Nie-'ts 

,s' 

faeh  kiu   sa'   niung,   siang-sing'  ye  mseh,  faeh 

mih-t'seh  lau,  tuk-dzak  'ioong-'y6°  wseh  la\ 

152.  SWATOW   (Colloquial)   (Roman). 

TJa  af'^  khi-sin  lai-khu  ua-pe--k6,  kang  i  ta°, 

Pe  a,  ua  tit-tsue-tieli  thi°  kua  to  lu  m!n-ts6i° 

— 

{Luke  XV.  18.) 

-4-^ 

^^_ 

,^-C 

^ 

r=^ 

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153-154.  CHINESE. 
153.  HAKKA   (Colloquial)   (Roman). 
Thai-fain-^  yu^  sin-khu',  khai^   tshun^-tam^  kai' 
nyirij  liau'  loi^  tshyu^  nai^,  nai^  pin^  iii^  phin^-on . 
— {Matt.  xi.  28.) 

154.  CANTON    (Colloquial)   (Roman). 
No'-  tsouhfan^  hu    to''  ho'-  lo'  tau^  ko'  su\  tui 
khu^  wa^  :  a'  pa  ^  ho'-   tak^   tsui~    thin,  kuh-   a' 
pa   ni'. — [Luke  xv.  18.) 

155.  CALMUC,  or  Western  Mongolian. 


(UIU 


33 


^^ 


4 


^^ 


SPECIMEN    VERSES. 


156.  MANCHU. 

?    is 


c 


k'\ 


I 

Hi 


t 


<■ 


i 


iik 


1. 


157.  MONGOLIAN  Literary. 


n 


34 


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4 


^^ 


158.  MONGOLIAN 

(Colloquial). 


159.  MONGOLIAN  (Buriat 
Colloquial). 

\ 

•^1 


L. 


Colloquial). 

?    t  3  T\  ^^ 


35 


<^ 


^ 

> 

^ 

^=». 

-H 

SPECIMEN  VERSES. 

7* 

161.  CHINO- 

a  161. 

160.  JAPANESE. 

JAPANESE. 

CHINO- 
COREAN. 

c  m^-     % 

R             ^ 

m. 

«>   ^    a    3 

J^l      ^> 

jQ 

A.  ^   m^  n. 

z:  m 

^^ 

i'   *^  <5    li*S 

^,    v^. 

fig 

Ik 

-_!t   ift. 

^^ 

&    tl  £     5 

i*'  ^i 

9     5     ^^  o 

M,  .^: 

% 

L     L     ^i 

m  J^. 

m^ 

J£    ^i  ^ 

*#.  ^ 

Mt  -     « 

V  -m 

K 

t     *J     -^ 

.^.  ^ 

m 

t   «:=  s 

^  z 

^^ 

*|  Ai  ^l 

Matt.  y. 3. 

fk'i  r    5 

S,'  i&tl  %l 

162.  JAPANESE  (Roman). 

Sore,  Kami   no    seken  wo   itsakushim 

i-tamau 

koto  wa,  subete   kare  wo   shindzuru   m< 

3no  wa 

horobidzii   shite,   kagiri    naki    inoohi   w 

0   uken 

tame   ni,  sono  hitori  umareshi  ko  wo  ta 

mayeru 

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163.  MALAGASY.       (Madagascar.) 

Fa   izany   no    nitiavan'  Andriamanitra   izao 

tontolo  izao,  fa  nomeny  ny  Zanani-lahi-tokana, 

mba  tsy  ho  very  izay  rehetra  mino  Azy,    fa 

hahazo  fiainana  mandrakizay. 

164.  NARRINYERI.         (Australia.) 

Lun  ellin  Jehovah  an  pornun  an  Narrinyeri : 

pempir  ile  ityan  kinauwe  Brauwarate,  ungunuk 

korn  wurruwarrin  ityan,  nowaiy  el  itye  moru 

hellangk,  tumbewarrin  itye  kaldowamp. 

165.  MAORI.  (New Zealand.) 

Na,  koia  ano  te  aroha  o   te  Atua  ki  te  ao, 

homai  ana  e  ia  tana  Tamaiti  ko  tahi,  kia  kahore 

ai  e  mate  te  tangata  e  whakapono  ana  ki  a  ia, 

engari  kia  whiwhi  ai  ki  te  oranga  touutanga. 

166.  NENGONE,  or  Mare.  (Loyalty Isles.) 
Wen'  o  re  naeni  Makaze  hna  raton'  o  re  ten'  o 
re  aw,  ca  ile  nubonengo  me  nunuone  te  o  re  Tei 
nubonengo  sa  so,  thu  deko  di  ma  tango  ko  re 
ngome  me  sa  ci  une  du  nubon,  roi  di  nubone  co 
numu  o  re  waruma  tha  thu  ase  ko. 

167.  LIFU. 

Hna  tune  la  hnimi  Cahaze  kowe  la  fene 
hnengodrai,  mate  nyidati  a  hamane  la  Nek'6  i 
nyidati  ka  casi,  mate  tha  tro  ko  a  meci  la  kete  i 
angete  lapaune  koi  nyida,  ngo  tro  ha  hetenyi  la 
mele  ka  tha  ase  palua  ko. 

168.  lAIAN. 

Helang  ibetengia  any  in  Kbong  ka  ang  mele- 
dran,  e  ame  ham  Nokon  a  khaca  thibi,  me  me 
ca  he  ka  mok  ke  at  ame  labageju  kau,  kame  he 
ka  hu  moat  ame  ca  ba  balua. 


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169.  ANEITYUM.     (New Hebrides.) 
Is  um  ucce  naiheuc  vai  iji  pece  asega  o  Atua 

is  abrai  Inhal  o  un  is  eti  ache  aien,  va  eri  eti 
emesmas  a  ilpu  atimi  asgeig  iran  asega,  jam  leh 
nitai  umoh  iran  ineig  inyi  ti  lep  ti. 

170.  EROMANCA. 

Muve  kimi,  mo  mumpi  ovun  ntirie  enyx,  ovun 
numpiin  l5  sii,  wumbaptiso  iranda  ra  nin  eni 
Iteraen,  im  ra  nin  eni  Netni,  im  ra  nin  eni  Naviat 
Tumpora. — Matt,  28:  19. 

171.  FATE. 

Leatu  ki  nrum  emeromina  nin,  tewan  kin  ki 
tubulua  Nain  iskeimau  i  mai,  nag  sernatamol 
nag  ru  seralesok  os  ruk  fo  tu  mat  mou,  me 
ruk  fo  biatlaka  nagmolien  nag  i  tok  kai  tok 
mou  tok. 

172.  FIJI. 

Ni  sa  lomani  ira  vaka  ko  na  Kalou  na  kai 
vuravura,  me  solia  kina  na  Luvena  e  dua 
bauga  sa  vakasikavi,  me  kakua  ni  rusa  ko  ira 
yadua  sa  vakabauti  koya,  me  ra  rawata  ga  na 
bula  tawa  mudu. 

173.  ROTUMAN. 

Ne  e  fuamamau  ne  hanis  on  Oiitu  se  rantei, 
ia  na  on  Lee  eseama,  la  se  raksa  teu  ne  lelea  ne 
maa  se  ia,  la  iris  po  ma  ke  mauri  seesgataaga. 

174.  TON  G  AN.   {Friendly  Islands.) 

He  nae  ofa  behe  ae  Otua  ki  mama  ni,  naa 

ne   foaki    hono   Alo    be    taha    nae   fakatubu, 

koeuhi  ko  ia  kotoabe  e  tui  kiate  ia  ke  oua 

naa  auha,  kae  ma'u  ae  moui  taegata. 


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175.  NIEUE,  or  Savage  Island. 
Nukua  pihia  mai  e  fakaalofa  he  Atua  mai  ke 
he  lalolagi,  kua  ta  mai  ai  hana  Tama  fuataha, 
kia  nakai  mate  taha  ne  tua  kia  ia,  ka  kia  moua 
e  ia  6  moui  tukulagi. 

176.  SAMOAN.  (Navigator's  Island.) 

Aua  ua  faapea  lava  ona  alofa  mai  o  le  Atua 

i  le  lalolagi,  ua   ia  au    mai   ai  lona  Atalii   e 

toatasi,  ina  ia  le  fano  se  tasi  e  faatuatua  ia  te 

ia,  a  ia  maua  e  ia  le  ola  e  faavavau. 

177.  RAROTONGAN.    (Cooh's Island.) 

I  aroa  mai  te  Atua  i  to  te  ao  nei,  kua  tae 

rava  ki  te  oronga  anga  mai  i  tana  Tamaiti 

anau  tai,  kia  kore  e  mate  te  akarongo  iaia, 

kia  rauka  ra  te  ora  mutu  kore. 

178.  TAHITIAN.    (Society  Islands.) 

I  aroha  mai  te  Atua  i  to  te  ao,  e  ua  tae  roa 

i  te  horoa  mai  i  ta'na  Tamaiti  fanau  tahi,  ia 

ore  ia  pohe  te  faaroo  ia  'na  ra,  ia  roaa  ra  te 

ora  mure  ore. 

179.  MARQUESAN. 
Ua  kaoha  nui  mai  te  Atua  i  to  te  aomaama 
nei,  noeia,  ua  tuu  mai  oia  i  taia  Tama  fanautahi, 
ia  mate  koe  te  enata  i  haatia  ia  ia,  atia,  ia  koaa 
ia  ia  te  pohoe  mau  ana'tu. 

180.  EBON.      (Marshall Islands.) 

Bwe  an  Anij  yokwe  lol,  einwot  bwe  E  ar  letok 

juon  wot  Nejin  E  ar  keutak,  bwe  jabrewot  eo 

ej  tomak  kin  E  e  jamin  joko,  a  e  naj  mour  in 

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181.  KUSAIEN.      (Strong's Island.) 

Tu  God  el  lunsel  fwalu  ou  im,  tu  el  kitamu 

Mwen  siewunu  iswsla  natal,  tu  met  e  nu  kemwu 

su   lalalfuni    k'el    elos    tiu    mise,   a   mol   lalos 

mapatpat. 

182.  GILBERT   ISLANDS. 
Ba  e  batl  taniran  te  aomata  iroun  te  Atua, 
ma  naia  are  e  ana  Natina  ae  te  rikitemana,  ba 
e  aona  n  aki  m^ate  ane  onimakina,  ma  e  na 
maiu  n  aki  toki. 

183.  PON  APE.    (Ascension  Islayid.) 
Pue  Kot  me  kupura  jappa  ie  me  a  ki  to  ki  Na 
ieroj  eu,  pue  me  pojon  la  1,  en  ter  me  la,  a  en  me 
maur  jo  tuk. 

184.  MORTLOCK. 
Pue  an  Kot  a  tane  fanufan  mi  rapur,  ie  mi  a 
nanai  na  an  Alaman,  pue  monison  mi  luku  i  ra 
te  pait  mual  la,  pue  ra  pue  uerai  manau  samur. 

185.  HAWAIIAN.     (Sandwich  Islands.) 

No  ka  mea,  ua  aloha  nui  mai  ke  Akua  i  ko 

ke  ao  nei,  nolaila,  ua  haawi  mai  oia  i  kana 

Keiki  hiwahiwa,  i  ole  e  make  ka  mea  manaoio 

ia  ia,  aka,  e  loaa  ia  ia  ke  ola  mau  loa. 

186.  ETHIOPIC. 

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187.  AMHARIC.  (Abyssinia.) 

h-i^:  \X'i :  2\fi^A(D.'5^ :  ^ih : :  ncft- : 
aj20^:  1-iPiA^:  n-i^:  2ii"3?-:: 

188.  TIG  RE.  (Abyssinia.) 

A^:  ^ii-niTiup:  -n/h*: -jh-i^cdaj?: 
(s>K  :  ^xmq,?i :  Tv-Ad)- :  n^^i  : 
■o^h- :    5iW»f  At  :    2i^nc  :    fh^®^  : 

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189.  COPTIC.  (Egypt.) 

n^spH't"  u^p  icf^iiejipe  njKocjULoc 
gtwcTe  neqcyHps  jtiii^v^Tc[  HTeqTHiq 
gsjiiJ.  ovojiiuSeji  eojiiLg^  epocj  jixeq- 

190.  CALL  A.    (South  of  Abyssinia.) 
Waka    akana    tshalate    tshira    alami,    Umasa 

tokitsha  aka  keile,  kan  isati  amane  aka  henbane, 
tshenan  feia  aka  tauffe  garra  duri. 

191.  KINIKA. 

Nao  ossi  agomba,  hikara  uwe  ni  mana  wa 
Mulungu?  aka  gomba,  muimiii  munaamba,  ni 
mimi  endimi. — Luke  22 :  70. 

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192.  S  W  A  H  I  LI.   (E.  Coast  of  Africa.) 
Kwani  ndivyo  Muungu  alivyoupenda  ulim- 

wengu,  akatoa  na  Mwana  wake  wa  pekee,  illi 
wote  wamwaminio  waupate  uzima  wa  milele 
wala  wasipotee. 

193.  SECHUANA.     (South Africa.) 
Gone  Morimo  o  lo  oa  rata  lehatsi  yalo,  ka  o 

lo  oa  naea  Moroa  ona  eo  o  tsecoeii  a  le  esi,  gore 
mofiue  le  mofiue  eo  o  rumelan  mo  go  ena,  a  si 
ka  a  hela,  mi  a  ne  le  botselo  yo  bo  sa  khutlefi. 

194.  SESUTO. 

Gobane  Molimo  o  ratile  lefats6  hakalo,  o  le 
neile  Mora  oa  oona  a  tsuetseng  a  'notsi ;  gore 
e  mong  le  e  mong  a  lumelang  go  6ena,  a  s6 
ke  a  fela,  a  mpe  a  be  le  boph61o  bo  sa  feleng. 

195.  ZULU.  (South Africa.) 

Ngokuba  uTixo  wa  11  tanda  kangaka  izwe, 

wa  li  nika   inDodana   yake  ezelweyo  yodwa, 

ukuba  bonke   aba  kolwa   kuyo  ba  nga   bubi, 

kodwa    ba  be  nobomi  obungapeliyo. 

196.  OTIYEHERERO.    (South Africa.) 
Me  serekarere  omuhingo:   Yehova  ua  tyere 
ku  ami ; :  "  Ove  omuatye  uandye,  m'eyuva  ndi 
mbe  ku  koatere." — Psalm  2:  7. 

197.  KAFIR.  (South Africa.) 

Ngokuba  Utixo  walitanda   ilizwe    kangaka, 

wada  wanika  unyana  wake   okupela  kwozel- 

weyo,  ukuze  osukuba  ekolwa  kuye  angabubi, 

koko  abe  nobomi  obungunapakade. 


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198.  DA  MAR  A.        (South  Af rim.) 

Omukuru  oty'a  suverere  ouye,   kutya  e   ua 

opere    mukoateua    ue    erike,    auhe    ngu    mn 

kampura  mu  ye,  ope  ha  panyara,  nokutya  ga 

kare  nomuinyo  bu  ha  yanda. 

199.  NAMACQUA.     (South Africa.) 

IINatigoseb  gum  Eloba  jlitib-eiba  gye  Inamo, 

ob  gye   lleib  di  Iguise  jnai  ha  igoaba  gye  ma, 

lleib  [na  ra  Jgomn  hoan  ga-ll5  tite  se,  p^awen 

ni  lamo  uiba  ti-ha  se. 

200.  DUALLA.         (West Africa.) 

Loba  lo  bo  wasi  ndulo,  na  a  boli  mpom  mau 

mo  Muna,  na  motu  na  motu  nyi  dube  tenge  na 

mo,  a  si  manyami,  'ndi  a  ma   bene  longe  la 

bwindia. 

201.  I  BO.  (West  Africa.) 

Ma  cfntakan  T&uku  ignru  th'^wtma  na  dnyoy  itui 
ya  nyere  otu  oli  Qpdraya,  na  om/e  Qioimia  Jtwerega, 
Offogi  efity  vmgaSioete  ndu  €Ugelu 

202.  HAUSSA.  (WestAfrixM.) 

Don  Alia  ya  so  dunia  hakhanan  si  ya  hada 
Dansa  nafari,  en  kowa  ya  yirda  dasi,  ha  "si  gbata 
ba,  amma  si  yi  rai  hal  ahbada, 

203.  NUPE.  (West Africa.) 

Lugo    ebayetinye  un  nan  atsi  eye  ezabo,  a-a-le 
.  etun  wangi  ''yeye^  a-fe  dzin  yebo  ndaye  nan  dan 
alidzana  nan. — {Matt.  v.  16.) 


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204.  YORUBA.         (West Africa.) 

Niton    ti   Olorun   fe  araiye  tobe    ge,  ti   o   fi 

Orao  bibi  re  nikansoso  fun  ni   pe,  enikeni  ti  o 

ba  gba  a   gbo  ki  yio  segbe,  sugbon  yio  ni  iye 

ti  ko  nipekun. 

205.  ACCRA,  or  Ga.     (West Africa.) 
Si  neke  Nyongmo    sumo  dse  le,  ake  e  ngo  e 

bi  kome,  ni  a  fo  le,  e  ha,  koni  mofemo,  ni  heo 
e  no  yeo  le,  hie  a  ka  kpata,  si  e  na  nano  wola. 

206.  TSCHI,  or  Twi.    (West  AfrU^a.) 
Na  senea   Onyankopon   do  wiase  ni,  se   ode 

ne  ba  a  owoo  no  koro   mae,  na  obiara   a  ogye 
no  di  no  any  era,  na  wanya  da  nkwa. 

207.  MAN  DIN  GO.       (WestAfrim.) 

Katuko  Alia  ye  dunya  kannu  nyinuyama,  an 

ading  wulukilering  di,  mensating  mo-omo  men 

lata  ala,  ate  tinyala,  barri  asi  balu  abadaring 

sotto. 

208.  MENDE.  (West Africa.) 
GhamaUe  Ngewo  iye  Igi  lo  ni  a  ndoloif  ia  lo  %  ngi 

Igi  yaijpei  v^ni,    it/e  jgni;   ia  lo  numui  ghi  lo  ngi 
hgua  lo  a  t$nyaf  i  IgM,  Jc§  kunafo  l§vu  lo  ajQ* 

209.  TEMNE.  (WestAfrim.) 
ITsayo  K'uru  q  jpon  Igtar  ara-ru,  M  q  sond  Oio'dn-' 

i^QA  Q  horn  glo  son^  Mma  lo'vni  6  w'uni,  qwq  Idne-ig, 
Q  iie  dime;  Iiir§  Mma  q  sqIo  a-Aesam  atahdna. 


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210.  BENGA.  (WestAfHca.) 
Kakana  ndi  Anyambe  a  tandaki  he,  ka  Ma-a 

ve  Mwan'  'ajii  umbaka,  na,  uehepi  a  ka  kamide 
Ma,  a  nyange,  ndi  a  na  emena  ya  egombe 
yebepi. 

211.  GREBO.  (West Africa.) 
Kare  kre  Nyesoa  nuna  kona  ah  nowanena,  a 

hnyina  a  seye  ah  koka-yu  donh,  be  nya  be  a 
po  na  hanhte,  a  neh  te  wanh,  nema  a  mu  kona- 
se-honhnonh  ka. 

212.  M  PONG  WE.       (West  Africa.) 

Kd,nde  Anyambig  ar^ndi  ntye  yinia  nli  nta- 

ndinli  in6  avenli6  Ogwanli  y6  wikika,  inl6  om' 

edu  o  bekelig  avere,  ndo  e  be  doanla  nl'emgiiia 

zakanlaka. 

213.  DIKELE.  (West Africa.) 

Nadiambilindl  AnyambiS  a  midinh  p6nzhe 
nyi  na  thadinh  thati  th6  tha  y6  miv6  Miana 
ngw6i  ngwadikika,  na  mutyi  j6sh6  ngwa  yS 
bundlig  a  tyi  magwa,  nji  a  b6'  na  thaki'  th' 
adukwa  jeshg. 

214.  GAL  LA.    (South  of  AbysHnia.) 

^A-t^,  ;:  ?i.Aoq  V^Pit:  -t-Vl^*  r^«h«^ 
Yl.Y.1:  ::  Vn  :  Yv/lX  :  Ko"^  .  if^S^ 
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215.  B  U  L  L  O  M.   (Near  Sierra  Leone.) 

Ntunky  kandirr  no  tre  ke  aniah  *eboll,  leh 

ngha  ngha  keh  mpant  no  nkeleng,  nu  kulluh 

papah  no,  wonno  cheh  ko  ke  foy.— {Matt.  v.  16.) 

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216.  EWE.  (Gold Coast.) 

Ke  si  ke  nenera  Mawu  eloa  xexe  la  me,  bena 

etso  ye  niito  vidsidsi  deka  lie  na,  ne  ame  sya  ame, 

si  exo  edsi  ese  ko  la,  mele  tsotsro  ge  wo,  nekpe 

woakpo  agbe  mavo  la. 

217.  BERBER.        {N(yrth  AfrUia.) 
^\jiA5\    ^^^V-*^    (^oiA.1    JlxJ\  iax^\  jjyl 


o  o  ^  c>      ^    o    <  •'o^    o-  tf  X      cox 

218.  GREENLAND. 

Sillarstib  innue  Gudib  taima  assakigei, 
Ernetue  tunniullugo  taukkonunga,  tamarmik 
taursomunga  opertut  tammarkonnagit,  naksaun- 
gitsomigle  innurstitekarkollugit. 

219.  ESQUIMAUX. 
Taimak    Gudib    sillaksoarmiut    nsegligiveit, 

Ernetuane  tuunilugo,  illunatik  okpertut  tap- 
somunga,  assiokonnagit  nungusuitomigle  in- 
nogutekarkovlugit. 

220.  CREE  (Roman).  (British America.) 

Weya  Muneto  a  ispeecbe  saketapun  uske,  ke 

makew  oo  pauko-Koosisana,  piko  una  tapwato- 

wayitche  numoweya  oo  ga  nissewunatissety,  maka 

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221.  CREE. 

Wv'T    KP"C'     P^UTD      <"Pi=^o     *b     P'f>»'r 

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222.  Ml  CM  AC.  (Nova  Scotia.) 

JTudii    J»ricsc^m    i^liksatcus     rasitcumra     wedjj 

^gunum-inedo'gub-unn     neraktoi-bistadjul     incwisul, 

Cml^m^n  m'sit   wen   t^n  kedlamsitc  mti^nincu,   m^ 

innmadt  jinpuic^c^ra  xusco'ts  ap9uj^wE  m  jtnadjraocun. 

223.  TINNE,  or  Chippewyan.   iSymbic.) 

WPiD  >n'v  i>  diTD"  vi^c  U"7j^  jib[rn'5  a 
mu  >^  vm  »%r>  o-u*  vu*  j^vr  atj  ^jin, 

224.  TINNE  (Roman). 
Apeech  zhahwaindung  sah  Keshamunedoo 
ewh  ahkeh,  ooge-oonje  megewanun  enewh  atah 
tatabenahwa  Kahoogwesejin,  wagwain  dush  ka- 
tapwayainemahgwain  chebahnahdezesig,  cheah- 
yong  dush  goo  ewh  kahkenig  pemahtezewin. 

225.  TUKUDH.  (Louchevx Indians.) 

Kwugguh  yoo  Vittukoochanchyo  nunh  kug 

kwikyit   kettinizhin,   tih  Tinji    chihthlug   rzi 

kwuntlantshi  chootyin  tte  yih  kyinjizhit  rsyet- 

tetgititelya  kkwa,  ko  sheggu  kwundui  tettiya. 

226.  MALISEET.  (New Brunswick.) 
Eebuchiil  Nukskam  edooche-moosajitpun  oos- 
kitkumikw  ■wejemelooetpun  wihwebu  Ookwoosul, 
welaman  'mseu  wen  tan  welarasutuk  oohiikek, 
skatiip  tiksekahawe,  kanookuloo  ooteinp  asku- 
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227.  MOHAWK.  (N.  Am.  Induin.) 
Iken  ne  Yehovah  egh  ne  s'hakonoronghkwa 
n'ongwe,  nene  rodewendeghton  nene  raonhaon 
rodewedon  rohhawak,  nene  onghka  kiok  teya- 
kaweghdaghkon  raonhage  yaghten  a-ongh- 
tonde,  ok  denghnon  aontehodiyendane  ne  eterna 
adonheta. 

228.  C  H  O  C T  A  W.    (N.  Am.  Indian.) 

Chihowa  yvt  yakni  a  i  hullo  fehna  kvt,  kuna 
hosh  yvmma  i  yimmikmvt  ik  illo  hosh,  amba  ai 
okchayvt  bilia  yo  pisa  hi  o,  Ushi  achvfa  ilia 
holitopa  ya  auet  ima  tok. 

229.  S  E  N  E  C  A.      (N.  Am.  IndUm.) 
Neh   sih'ah   ne'    sohjih'    ha  no'oh  gwah   Na'- 

wen  ni  yoh'  he'yo  Sn  ja  deh,  Neh  No'a  wak  neh" 
sho'  kuh  sgat  ho  wi'ya  yah  tot  gah  wah'  ha  o'- 
gweh  da  wiih  heh  yo  an'ja  deh' ;  neh  neh,  Sgn'- 
dih  gwa'nah  ot  &  o  wa'i  wa  gwen  ni  yos,  t|h  ah' 
ta  ye'i  wah  doh',  neh  gwaa',  nS,  yo'i  wa  da  dyeh' 
a,  ya'go  yan  daht'    ne'    yohheh'oweh. 

230.  DAKOTA.      {N. Am. Indian.) 
Wakantanka  oyate  kin  cantewicakiya,  heon 

Cinhintku  i^nana  icage  cin  wicaqu,  qa  tuwe 
awacin  kinhan  owihanke  kte  6ni,  tuka  owi- 
hanke  wanin  wiconi  yuhe  kta. 

231.  OJIBWA.       (N.  Am.  Indian.) 

Gaapij  shauendv  su  Kishemanito  iu  aki,  ogion- 

jimigiuenvn  iniu  baiezhigonijin  Oguisun,  aueguen 

dtrsh  getebueienimaguen  jibunatizisig,  jiaiat  dush 

iu  kagige  bimatiziuin. 


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JOHN   III.   16. 


232.  MUSKOKEE.   (N. Am. Indum.) 
Hesaketvmese  ekvnv  vnokece  mahet  omekv, 

Eppuce  hvmkuse  heckuecvte  emvtes,  invn 
estimvt  oh  vkvsamat  estemerkekot,  momis 
hesaketv  yuksvsekon  ocvren. 

233.  CHEROKEE.   (J^T. ^m. Indian.) 
Ey   (PTi?*  O^ssip    ewY   Qpc^ujiGi^   (ps=yi"4.^,   ye 

234.  DELAWARE.  (iV^.  ^m.  Indian.) 
Woak    necama    guliechtagunenanall    kmat- 

tauchsowoagannenanall,  taku  kiluna  nechoha, 
schuk  ulaha  wemi  elgigunk  haki  omattauchso- 
woaganowa  oliechtonepanni. — 1  John  2 :  2. 

235.  NEZ    PERCE  S.  (N.  Am.  Indian.) 
Kunki    wiwihnath,    awitaaishkaiikith,    uyi- 

kashliph,  wiwatashph,   Awibaptainaiikith  im- 

muna    Pishitpim   wanikitph,   wah    Miahspim. 

Wanikitph,  Wah  Holy  Ghostnim  wanikitph. — 

Matt.  28:19. 

236.  MAYAN.  {Yucatan.) 

Tuinen  bay  tu  yacuntah  Dioz  le  yokolcab, 

ca  tu  caah  u  pel  mehenan  Mehen,  utial  tulacal 

le  max  cu  yoczictuyol  ti  leti,  ma  u  kaztal,  uama 

ca  yanacti  cuxtal  minanuxul. 

237.  MEXICAN,  or  Aztec. 

Ni  mehiiaz  yhuan  ni  az  campa  ca  in  no  tMzin 
yhuan  nic  ilhuiz :  No  tatzin  e,  oni  tlatlac6  ihui- 
copa  in  ilhuicatl  yhuan  mixpan  tehuatl. — {Luke 
XV.  18.) 


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238.  NEGRO- ENGLISH.    (Surinam.) 

Bikasi  na  so  fasi  Gado  ben  lobbi  kondre,  va 

a  gi  da  iva7i  Pikien  va  hem,  va  dem  allamal, 

dissi  briebi  na  hem,  no  sa  go  lasi,  ma  va  dem 

habi  da  Liebi  vo  tehgo. 

239.  CREOLES E.       (West Indies.) 

Want  soo  Godt  ka  hab  die  Weereld  lief,  dat 

hem    ka   giev    sie    eenig   gebooren    Soon,    dat 

sellie  ahnael  die   gloov  na  hem,   no  sal  kom 

verlooren,  maer  sal  hab  die  eewig  Leven. 

240.   AY  MAR  A.  (Peru.) 

Hucama  Diosaja  mundo  munana,  sapa 
Yokapa  quitani,  taque  haquenaca  iau-siri 
inayan  hacaiia-pataqui. 

241.  ARRAWACK.  (Ouiuna.) 
Lui  k6  uduma  abba  Wadili  uria  karaijakuba 

je  namaqua  Wunabu  ubannam^mutti,  nassi- 
koattoanti  tuhu  Wunabu  ubafiamiin.  Lui  k6- 
wai  assikissia  namiin  ikissihii,  pattahii  na 
kakiinti,  hallidi  na  kassikoanibia  ba  ukun- 
namiin. — Acts  17 :  26. 

242.  QUICHUAN.  (Argentine.) 
Pachacamackca   chicatami    runacunata    mu- 

narca,  chay  Zapallay-Churinta  kokeurca,  tucuy 
paypi  yfiiic,  mana  huanuuanpac,  uinay  cauzay- 
tari  apinanpac. 


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ABOUT    THE    SPECIMENS. 

Making  due  allowance  for  repetitions,  the 
foregoing  specimens  represent  about  213  lan- 
guages and  dialects. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  a  demand  still  existing 
for  some  of  the  earliest  versions,  which,  though 
antiquated  in  form,  are  still  used  in  church  serv- 
ices and  by  scholars.  Among  these  are:  the 
Syriac,  Coptic,  Ethiopic,  Armenian,  Georgian, 
and  Latin.  Versions  were  made  at  an  early 
date  in  Arabic,  Persian,  and  Amharic,  but  the 
specimens  here  given  are  taken  from  transla- 
tions of  more  recent  times. 

A  large  number  of  versions  came  into  being  in 
connection  with  the  Reformation,  and  before  the 
year  1650  every  country  in  Europe,  except  Portu- 
gal, Russia,  and  Turkey,  had  at  least  the  New 
Testament,  and  generally  the  Bible,  in  a  lan- 
guage spoken  by  the  great  majority  of  its  people. 

The  versions  originating  outside  of  Europe, 
with  a  few  exceptions  which  will  readily  occur 
to  the  reader,  have  been  made  almost  within 
the  life-time  of  men  now  living,  and  they  illus- 
trate the  dependence  of  modern  efforts  to  evan- 
gelize the  world  upon  the  printed  Scriptures, 
and  the  desire  of  missionaries  to  furnish  them 
to  their  adherents. 

It  should  be  remembered,  however,  that  only 
a  small  part  of  the  work  of  translating  has  yet 
been  done.  Numerous  languages  and  dialects 
are  spoken,  especially  in  Africa,  which  have 
not  been  even  studied  by  scholars  from  Christian 
lands ;  and,  in  many  cases,  versions  which  are 
represented  in  this  pamphlet  by  specimens  em- 
brace only  the  New  Testament,  or,  it  may  be,  a 
single  Gospel.  One  hundred  and  seventy  con- 
secutive specimens  represent  fifty-six  transla- 
tions of  the  entire  Bible ;  of  which,  thirty-five 
were  circulated  in  Asia,  nine  in  Africa,  nine  in 
the  Islands  of  the  Pacific,  and  only  three  on 
the  continent  of  America. 


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WHAT  ABOUT  THE   FUTURE? 

Speaking  of  a  comparatively  limited  area,  a 
learned  author  (Mr.  Cust)  suggests  :  As  regards 
the  Peninsula  of  Nearer  India,  scores  of  its  lan- 
guages will  disappear  under  the  pressure  of  the 
magnificent  Aryan  vernaculars  of  Northern  In- 
dia (the  Hindi,  Bengali,  and  Marathi),  and  the 
two  great  Dravidian  vernaculars  of  Southern 
India  (the  Tamil  and  Telugu),  which  will  be- 
come the  linguistic  media  of  200,000,000,  charged 
fully,  perhaps  immoderately,  with  loan-words 
from  Sanskrit,  Arabic,  Persian,  and  English.  In 
these  languages  will  be  developed  a  new  Anglo- 
Indian  culture,  and  perhaps  a  new  religion. 

The  characters  in  which  these  languages  will 
appear  in  the  future  is  uncertain,  and  there  will 
probably  exist,  as  now,  two  Northern  varieties, 
the  Nagari  and  Bengali,  and  two  Southern,  the 
Tamil  and  Telugu,  while  the  adapted  Arabic 
and  the  adapted  Roman  characters  will  be 
largely  used  by  the.  state,  the  missionaries,  the 
foreign  communities,  and  all  who  stand  outside 
the  great  Brahminical  religion. 

If  we  are  wise  in  time,  all  those  teeming  mill- 
ions, who  are  ready  to  pass  from  paganism  and 
savagery  to  some  form  of  book-religion  and  civ- 
ilization, will  be  led  gently  into  Christianity  and 
the  use  of  the  Roman  character ;  their  language 
must  depend  upon  the  innate  strength  of  their 
own  non- Aryan  form  of  speech  in  the  death- 
struggle  which  must  take  place  with  the  great 
Aryan  vernaculars. 

As  regards  the  Peninsula  of  the  Farther  India 
and  the  Archipelago,  it  is  hard  to  form  any 
linguistic  horoscope.  The  great  vernaculars  of 
Burmese,  Siamese,  and  Annamite  will  probably 
dominate  on  the  Continent,  and  Malay  and 
Javanese  in  the  Islands.  For  Malay,  as  for 
Hindustani,  a  magnificent  future  may  be  an- 
ticipated among  the  great  speech-media  of  Asia 
and  of  the  world. 

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BIBLE    SOCIETIES. 

One  characteristic  feature  of  the  nineteenth 
century  is  the  formation  of  Bible  societies  for 
the  pubUcation  and  distribution  of  the  books  of 
Holy  Scripture.  The  sixteenth  century  was  pro- 
lific in  new  versions  of  the  Holy  Bible,  and  the 
seventeenth  century  saw  a  large  circulation  of 
copies,  no  less  than  472  editions  of  the  authorized 
English  version  having  been  published  before  its 
close.  But  it  was  reserved  for  these  later  years 
to  behold  the  hearty  union  of  Christian  men 
standing  on  the  broad  platform  of  the  Bible,  and 
leagued  together  for  the  single  purpose  of  dissem- 
inating the  Scriptures  in  the  received  versions 
where  they  exist,  and  in  the  most  faithful  where 
they  may  be  required.  First  among  these  asso- 
ciations was  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible 
Society,  founded  in  1804,  which  at  the  close  of 
its  eightieth  year,  having  extended  its  opera- 
tions to  almost  every  country  in  the  world,  had 
put  into  circulation  more  than  one  hundred 
million  copies  of  Bibles,  Testaments,  and  portions 
of  the  Bible,  in  above  two  hundred  and  sixty 
languages  and  dialects,  and  had  expended  nearly 
ten  millions  sterling  in  translating,  printing,  and 
disseminating  the  Scriptures.  While  one-half 
of  its  total  issues  are  in  the  languages  of  the 
United  Kingdom,  it  has  its  agents  and  corre- 
spondents, colporteurs  and  depots  in  every  part 
of  Europe,  and  besides  this,  Syrians  and  Per- 
sians, Indians  and  Chinese,  Abyssinians  and 
Kafirs,  the  islanders  of  Madagascar,  New  Zea- 
land, and  the  South  Seas,  Mexicans  and  Esqui- 
maux, with  many  others,  can  say  that  through 
its  means  they  hear  in  their  own  tongues  the 
wonderful  works  of  God.  Schools  and  hospitals, 
prisons  and  reformatories,  railway  stations  and 
hotels,  the  army  and  the  navy,  can  testify  to 
the  blessing  it  has  conferred  on  them.  Poverty, 
trouble,  sickness,  and  even  blindness,  present  a 
claim  to  which  it  never  turns  a  deaf  ear. 

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THE   AMERICAN   BIBLE   SOCIETY 

Was  organized  in  the  city  of  New  York,  in 
May,  1816,  by  a  convention  of  delegates  from 
Bible  societies  in  different  parts  of  the  country. 
It  had  been  preceded  by  a  large  number  of  lo- 
cal and  independent  organizations,  the  oldest  of 
which  was  that  established  in  Philadelphia  in 
1808,  but  most  of  these  became  satisfied  of  the 
advantage  of  concentrating  their  resources  and 
energies,  and  cheerfully  enrolled  themselves  as 
auxiliaries  of  the  national  Society. 

The  Society  was  afterwards  incorporated  by 
the  legislature  of  New  York,  and  empowered,  on 
certain  conditions,  to  take  real  estate  by  gift, 
bequest,  or  devise,  so  that  it  is  fully  competent 
to  guard  all  trusts  committed  to  its  custody. 

Its  business  is  conducted  by  a  Board  of  Mana- 
gers, consisting  of  thirty-six  laymen  of  various 
Christian  denominations. 

Its  work  is  benevolent  and  unsectarian.  It 
has  but  one  aim,  and  that  is  to  encourage  a 
wider  circulation  of  the  Holy  Scriptures.  Its 
fundamental  law  requires  that  this  should  be 
without  note  or  comment.  The  only  version  in 
the  English  language  which  it  can  circulate  is 
that  which  has  been  commonly  received  since 
the  year  1611.  It  aims  to  extend  its  influence  to 
other  countries.  Christian,  Mohammedan,  and 
Pagan,  and  during  the  last  year  has  aided  in 
circulating  the  Scriptures  in  France,  Spain,  Ger- 
many, Austria,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden,  Russia, 
Siberia  and  the  Amoor,  Greece,  Turkey,  Syria, 
Persia,  India,  Siam,  China,  Japan,  Mexico  and 
Central  America,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  the  Argen- 
tine Republic,  Chili,  Bolivia,  Peru,  Africa,  the 
West  Indies,  and  the  Islands  of  the  Northern 
Pacific.  At  the  close  of  its  sixty-eighth  year  its 
total  issues  of  Bibles,  Testaments,  and  integral 
portions  of  Scripture  are  43,892,031,  its  expend- 
itures in  this  work  having  exceeded  twenty-one 
millions  of  dollars. 

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TRANSLATIONS. 

Since  the  era  of  Bible  societies  began,  the 
Christian  scholarship  of  the  world  has  produced 
not  far  from  three  hundred  versions  of  the  Bible 
or  parts  of  the  Bible  ;  and  more  than  two  hun- 
dred languages  and  dialects  have  thus  for  the 
first  time  been  enriched  with  the  literature  of 
this  book.  For  the  making  of  new  versions,  in- 
volving, as  in  many  cases  it  has  done,  the  reduc- 
tion of  a  language  to  writing,  the  compilation  of 
a  dictionary,  and  the  construction  of  a  grammar, 
the  world  is  indebted  to  the  learning,  the  piety, 
the  philanthropy,  and  the  indefatigable  zeal  of 
Christian  missionaries  of  various  lands. 

Few  persons  appreciate  the  difficulty  of  ren- 
dering the  Scriptures  from  the  original  Hebrew 
and  Greek  into  languages  which  have  not  been 
previously  pervaded  and  moulded  by  Christian 
thought ;  yet  in  laying  foundations  for  genera- 
tions that  are  to  follow,  one  may  well  devote 
to  the  work  the  energies  of  a  lifetime.  The 
translation  of  the  Bible  into  Arabic,  by  Dr.  Eli 
Smith  and  Dr.  Van  Dyck,  required  the  labour 
of  sixteen  years.  Dr.  Schauffler,  of  Constanti- 
nople, completed  in  1874  the  translation  of  the 
Turkish  version  of  the  Scriptures  which  he  be- 
gan as  long  ago  as  1860.  Fifteen  years  of  contin- 
uous labour  were  spent  by  Dr.  Schereschewsky 
in  rendering  the  Old  Testament  into  the  Man- 
darin Colloquial.  After  forty  years  of  study  and 
of  missionary  labour.  Dr.  Williamson  and  Dr. 
Riggs  completed  their  Dakota  version  of  the 
Bible,  and  one  of  them  estimated  that  he  spent 
on  an  average  full  thirty  minutes  on  each  verse 
he  translated.  Protestant  missionaries  were  sent 
to  Japan  in  1859,  but  twenty  years  had  passed 
before  their  translation  of  the  entire  New  Testa- 
ment was  ready  for  circulation.  These  are  illus- 
trations of  the  labour  expended  by  Christian 
missionaries  in  the  preliminary  work  of  prepar- 
ing new  versions  of  Scripture. 


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EARLY   PRINTED   BOOKS. 

The  earliest  book  known,  printed  with  move- 
able metal  types,  is  a  folio  Latin  Bible  published 
at  Mentz  about  the  year  1455.  No  tradition 
gives  the  number  of  copies,  which  was  probably 
less  than  three  hundred.  Many  of  these  were 
printed  on  vellum,  a  material  made  from  the 
skins  of  very  young  kids  and  lambs,  which, 
though  costly,  was  preferred  to  paper.  As  each 
Bible  contained  641  leaves,  the  skins  of  more 
than  300  animals  were  required  for  every  copy. 
In  that  century  two  men,  working  at  one  press, 
could  print  800  sheets  a  day. 

The  version  of  the  English  Bible  now  in  com- 
mon use  was  first  printed  in  1611,  in  a  folio  vol- 
ume which  contains  about  1,200  pages,  each 
measuring  16  inches  by  11.  If  two  pages  were 
printed  at  one  time,  and  180  impressions  were 
taken  in  an  hour,  each  press,  in  a  day  of  ten 
hours,  would  yield  the  equivalent  of  three 
Bibles,  and  ten  presses  would  be  required  for  a 
production  of  9,000  Bibles  a  year. 

At  the  Caxton  Exhibition,  in  London,  1877, 
it  was  considered  a  noteworthy  feat  that  within 
twelve  consecutive  hours  a  hundred  copies  of 
the  Bible  were  printed  in  Oxford,  forwarded  to 
London,  and  there  fully  bound  in  morocco,  and 
exhibited  the  same  day  at  the  South  Kensington 
Museum. 


THE   MANUFACTURE   OF   BIBLES. 

The  printing  for  the  American  Bible  Society 
in  English,  and  in  some  foreign  languages,  is 
done  in  New  York,  at  the  Bible  House,  upon 
fifteen  Adams  presses  of  medium  size,  and  six 
stop-cylinder  presses  of  the  largest  size,  the 
capacity  of  the  whole  being  sufficient  for  the 
annual  production  of  about  two  million  volumes 
of  the  Scriptures,  large  and  small. 

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The  stop-cylinder  press  takes  a  sheet  of  paper, 
32  by  44  inches ;  and  printing  64  pages,  24mo,  at 
each  impression,  throws  off  960  pages,  or  the 
equivalent  of  one  small  Bible,  every  minute. 
This  is  at  the  rate  of  six  hundred  Bibles  a  day. 
Volumes  of  large  size  are  completed  with  cor- 
responding rapidity,  the  largest  quarto  volume 
requiring  only  about  eight  minutes  of  press- 
work. 

In  the  bindery,  the  use  of  modern  machinery 
contributes  to  the  economy  of  manufacture. 
Twelve  book-folding  machines  and  six  book- 
sewing  machines,  each  of  which  requires  a  sin- 
gle attendant,  do  the  work  of  more  than  a  hun- 
dred hand  folders  and  hand  sewers.  Each  fold- 
ing machine  is  expected  to  fold  from  1,500  to 
1,800  sheets  an  hour,  and  each  sewing  ma- 
chine does  the  stitching  of  1,500  sheets  in  the 
same  time.  A  visitor  who  spends  four  min- 
utes at  the  press,  and  as  much  at  each  of  these 
machines,  sees  in  that  time  what  is  equivalent 
to  the  printing  of  four  Bibles,  the  folding  of  two, 
and  the  sewing  of  two. 

At  the  same  time,  it  is  not  intended  that  the 
most  rapid  operations  of  manufacture  should 
interfere  with  thorough  and  enduring  work- 
manship. 

In  general,  the  Society's  printing  is  done  from 
its  own  electrotype  plates,  which  have  been  pre- 
pared with  great  care  and  at  a  large  outlay. 
Especial  pains  are  taken  with  the  proof-reading, 
and  it  is  believed  that  publications  can  rarely 
be  found  which  are  so  uniformly  free  from  errors 
of  the  press. 

In  foreign  lands,  the  printing  for  the  Society 
is  done  sometimes  from  plates,  but  more  usually 
from  types,  or  from  lithograph  stones,  or  en- 
graved blocks  of  wood,  according  to  the  customs 
of  the  people  for  whose  benefit  the  Scriptures 
are  prepared. 


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CIRCULATION. 

There  were  issued  from  the  Bible  House,  New 
York,  in  the  year  ending  March  31st,  1884, 
1,357,051  volumes,  of  which  474,425,  or  more 
than  one- third,  were  Bibles.  About  five-sixths 
of  the  whole  were  in  English;  of  the  rest, 
69,625  were  in  German,  32,937  Spanish,  27,909 
Swedish,  24,437  Danish,  8,120  Portuguese,  5,061 
French,  6,000  Italian,  and  4,600  Welsh. 

About  600,000  volumes  were  purchased  by- 
auxiliary  societies ;  480,000  were  committed  to 
the  Society's  colporteurs ;  150,000  were  sold  at 
the  Bible  House,  at  retail  or  to  dealers;  and 
about  50,000  were  put  in  circulation  in  the  form 
of  grants  to  individuals,  churches,  Sunday 
schools,  and  benevolent  organizations.  Nearly 
60,000  copies  were  sent  to  foreign  countries  :  to 
the  West  Indies,  5,418 ;  to  islands  in  the  Pacific, 
4,461 ;  to  Mexico,  12,798 ;  to  Central  and  South 
America,  17,191 ;  to  Africa,  12,025. 

The  total  distribution  in  foreign  lands  exceed- 
ed 510,000  copies,  including  200,000  in  China, 
34,000  in  Japan,  52,000  in  Turkey,  Greece,  and 
Egypt,  5,500  in  Persia,  9,000  in  Brazil,  13,900  in 
La  Plata,  13,000  in  Germany,  24,000  in  France, 
6,900  in  Spain,  8,300  in  Austria,  and  36,000  in 
the  Kussian  empire.  In  effecting  this  distribu- 
tion more  than  400  colporteurs  were  employed 
in  the  United  States,  at  the  expense  of  the 
American  Bible  Society,  and  three  hundred  and 
twenty-eight  persons  were  similarly  engaged  in 
foreign  lands. 

The  circulation  of  the  British  and  Foreign 
Bible  Society  during  the  same  period  was 
3,118,304  copies,  of  which  827,850  were  Bibles, 
and  statistics  show  that  since  the  year  1804 
more  than  one  hundred  and  eighty  millions 
of  Bibles,  Testaments,  and  integral  portions  of 
the  Bible,  have  been  distributed  in  all  parts  of 
the  world  through  the  agency  of  Bible  societies 
alone. 


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NEED  OF  BENEVOLENT  CONTRIBUTIONS. 

The  American  Bible  Society  appeals  to  all 
who  love  the  Bible  to  aid  its  work  of  circulat- 
ing the  Scriptures. 

1.  Its  publications  when  sold  yield  no  profit, 
the  prices  being  put  so  low  as  to  return  no  more 
than  the  cost. 

2.  Its  annual  grants  of  Bibles  and  Testaments 
for  distribution  in  our  own  land  are  numerous, 
and  with  the  growth  of  our  population,  the 
number  of  those  who  look  to  it  for  aid  is  con- 
stantly increasing. 

3.  In  its  colportage  work,  in  connection  with 
the  fourth  re-supply  of  our  country,  it  aims  to 
search  out  all  destitute  families  and  to  carry  the 
Bible  to  their  very  doors. 

4.  It  makes  other  large  expenditures  to  pro- 
mote the  wider  distribution  of  the  Scriptures, 
especially  in  destitute  parts  of  the  land. 

5.  Its  aid  is  freely  extended  to  foreign  lands, 
and  especially  to  those  in  which  American  mis- 
sionaries are  labouring ;  in  this  way  more  than 
one  million  dollars  in  money  have  been  ex- 
pended during  the  last  ten  years. 

6.  While  the  expenses  of  administration  at 
the  Bible  House  are  provided  for  by  the  rentals 
of  a  building  erected  through  the  liberality  of 
the  citizens  of  New  York,  the  Society  is  depend- 
ent upon  the  free  gifts  of  the  public  for  all  other 
departments  of  its  beneficent  work.  By  remem- 
bering the  Society  in  their  wills,  as  many  gen- 
erous men  and  women  have  done,  its  friends 
may  help  its  work  after  their  own  decease. 

Form  of  a  Bequest  to  the  Society. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  American  Bible 
Society,  formed  in  New  York  in  the  year  eight- 
een hundred  and  sixteen,  the  sum  of 

,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  uses 
and  purposes  of  said  Society. 

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HOW  TO  HELP  THE  SOCIETY'S  WORK. 

The  sole  object  of  the  Institution  is  to  encour- 
age a  wider  circulation  of  the  Holy  Scriptures 
without  note  or  comment.  In  this  it  seeks  th^ 
hearty  co-operation  of  all  who  love  the  Bible. 
Its  friends  may  aid  its  work — 

(1)  By  buying  and  circulating  its  books.  Its 
publications  are  admirably  adapted  for  all  class- 
es of  persons :  books  in  large  type  for  the  aged ; 
in  raised  letters  for  the  blind  ;  parts  of  the  Bible 
for  the  convenience  of  readers  who  prefer  not  to 
hold  a  heavy  book;  reference  Bibles  for  those 
who  compare  Scripture  with  Scripture;  Bibles 
in  various  languages  for  foreigners ;  and  of  va- 
rious sizes  for  pulpits,  families,  travellers,  schol- 
ars, and  others.  Being  offered  for  sale  at  cost, 
these  Bibles  do  not  often  make  their  way  through 
the  ordinary  channels  of  trade,  and  are  seldom 
advertised  in  newspapers.  Still  they  are  widely 
distributed  through  the  country,  and  may  be 
found  or  ordered  through  the  aounty  deposito- 
ries at  numerous  points,  or  through  any  dealer 
in  books.  Whoever  buys  for  distribution  to  the 
poor  becomes  a  helper  in  this  work. 

(2)  By  commending  the  Scriptures  to  others, 
and  convincing  men  that  they  owe  it  to  them- 
selves, their  families,  their  country,  and  their 
God,  to  own,  read,  and  study  this  sacred  book. 

(3)  By  entering  heartily  into  arrangements 
providing  for  a  thorough  and  economical  resup- 
ply  of  districts  with  the  Bible.  This  home-work 
of  exploration  and  supply  falls  properly  within 
the  province  of  local  societies  auxiliary  to  the 
American  Bible  Society.  Their  efficiency  and 
success  depend  mainly  upon  the  voluntary  co- 
operation of  churches  and  individuals. 

(4)  By  sending  donations  to  the  American 
Bible  Society  for  its  benevolent  work  in  our 
own  and  in  foreign  lands,  that  it  may  sow  the 
seed  of  truth  in  the  great  and  accessible  field 
which  opens  before  it. 


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INDEX. 


Accra,  or  Ga 205 

Albanian  (Gheg) 46 

Albanian  (Tosk) 47 

Amharic 187 

Aneityum 169 

Arabic 81 

Arabic  (Hebrew) 82 

Arabic  (Carshun) 83 

Armenian  (Ancient) 74 

Armenian  (Ararat) 76 

Armenian  (Modern) 75 

Arrawack 241 

Assamese 121 

Aymara 240 

Azerbijan 79 

Ballnese 136 

Basque,  French 9 

Basque,  Spanish 12 

Basque,  Span.  (Gulpuscoan).   13 

Batta  (Toba) 139 

Batta  (Mandaheling) 140 

Benga 210 

Bengali 93 

Bengali  (Eoman) ;. .    94 

Berber 217 

Bohemian 32 

Breton 7 

Bulgarian 57 

Bullom 215 

Burman 125 

Calmuc 155 

Canarese 109 

Catalan 11 

Cherokee 238 

Chinese 141-154 

Amoy  Colloquial 148 

Canton  Colloquial 150 

Canton  ColloquIal(Koman)  154 

Classical 141 

Foochow  Colloquial 148 

Hakka  Colloquial 153 

Mandarin 142 


Chinese— Nanking  Coll 149 

NIngpo  Colloquial 144 

Shanghai  Colloquial 146 

Shanghai  Coll.  (Roman)... .  151 

Soochow  Colloquial 147 

Swatow  Colloquial 145 

Swatow  Coll.  (Roman)....  152 

Chlno-Corean .« a  161 

Choctaw 228 

Coptic 189 

Cree  (Roman) 220 

Cree 221 

Creolese '. 289 

Croatian 56 

Dajak 134 

Dakhani 113 

Dakota 230 

Damara 198 

Danish,  or  Norwegian 17 

Delaware 284 

DIkele 213 

Dualla 200 

Dutch 23 

Ebon 180 

English 1 

Eromanga 170 

Esthonian(Reval).. 60 

Esthonlan  (Dorpat) 61 

Esquimaux 219 

Ethlopic 186 

Ewe.... 216 

Fate 171 

FIJI 172 

Finnish 22 

Flemish 24 

French 8 

Gaelic 2 

Galla 214 

Galla(Roman) 190 

Georgian 77 


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NO. 

NO. 

German 

...    25 

Malay  (Roman) 

132 

German  (Hebrew) 

...    26 

Malayalam 

114 

Gilbert  Islands 

...  182 

Maliseet 

226 

GItano 

..    14 

Maltese 

42 

Gondi 

...  106 

Manchu 

156 

Grebo 

...  211 

Mandlngo 

207 

Greek  (Ancient) 

...    43 

Manx 

5 

Greek  (Modem) 

...    44 

Maori 

165 

Greek  (Modem,  Roman).. 

...    45 

Marathi 

116 

Greenland 

...  218 

Marathi  (Modi) 

117 

Gujerati 

...  118 

Marquesan 

Mayan 

179 

236 

Haussa 

...  202 

Mende 

208 

Hawaiian 

. . .  185 

Mexican 

237 

Hebrew 

...    73 

MIcmac 

222 

Hindi,  or  Hlndul 

Hindi  (Kaithi) 

...  100 
. . .  101 

Mohawk 

...      227 

Mondarl 

97 

Hungarian 

...    83 

Mongolian 

Mongolian  Colloquial. . . 

157 

158 

laian 

...  168 

Mongolian  Buriat 

159 

Ibo 

...  201 

Mordvin 

66 

Icelandic 

...    16 

Mortlock 

184 

Indo-Portuguese 

...  120 

Moultan,  or  Ooch 

104 

Irish 

...      8 

Mpongwe 

212 

Irish  (Roman) 

...      4 

Muskokee 

Mussulman-Bengali 

232 

95 

Italian 

...    37 

Japanese 

Japanese,  Chino 

Japanese  (Roman) 

Javanese 

...160 
...  161 
...  162 
...  135 

Namacqua.... 

Narrinyeri 

Negro-English 

Nengone,  or  Mare 

199 

164 

2-38 

166 

Kafir 

...197 

Nepalese,  or  Parbutti... 

107 

Karelian 

Karen 

..    63 
...  126 

Nez  Perces 

285 

Nias 

138 

Karen,  Bghai 

. . .  127 

Nieug,  or  Savage  Island 

175 

Karen,  Sgau 

...128 

Norwegian 

17 

Karen,  Pwo 

...  129 

Norway-Lapponese,  or 

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Khassi 

...  122 

nian 

19 

Klnlka 

...  191 

Nup6 

203 

Koordlsh 

...    78 

Kusalen 

...  181 

Orenburg,  or  KIrghlse  Tartar  71 

Ojibwa 

231 

Lapponese 

...    20 

Orissa 

99 

Lapp,  Rubs 

...    21 

Ossetinian 

72 

Latin 

...    36 

Otiyeherero 

196 

Lepcha 

...    98 

Lettish 

...    62 

Pall 

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Lifu 

...  167 

Parsl-Gujerati 

119 

Lithuanian 

...    27 

Peguese 

Persian 

124 

86 

Malagasy 

...  163 

Persian  (Hebrew) 

87 

Malay 

...  131 

Piedmontese 

40 

Malay  (Low),  or  Soerabayan  133 

Polish 

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Polish  (Hebrew) 29 

Ponape 183 

Portuguese 15 

Punjabi,  or  Sikh 105 

Pushtoo,  or  Afghan 88 

Quichuan 242 

Earotongan 177 

Romanese  ( Oberland ) 38 

Romanese  (Enghadine) 89 

Rotuman 173 

Rouman 52 

Rouman  (Cyril) 53 

Russian 59 

Ruthenlan 54 

Samoan 176 

Samogltian 65 

Sanskrit 89 

Santall 96 

Sechuana 193 

Seneca 229 

Servian 55 

Sesuto 194 

Siamese 123 

Slndhl 102 

Sindhl  (Gurumukhi) 103 

Singhalese 110 

Slavonic 58 

Slovenian 85 

Spanish 10 

Spanish  (Hebrew) 51 

Sundanese 137 

Swahlll 192 

Swedish 18 

Syriac  (Ancient) 84 

Syrlac  (Modem) 85 


NO. 

Tahltian 178 

Tamil 112 

Tcheremlsslan 67 

Tchuwash 68 

Telugu 108 

Temne 209 

Tibetan 130 

TIgre 188 

Tinne 223 

Tinne  (Roman) 224 

Tongan 174 

Tschl.orTwI 206 

Tukudh 225 

Tulu 115 

Turkish  (Arabic) 48 

Turkish  (Armenian) 50 

Turkish  (Greek) 49 

Turkish  Tartar 80 

Urdu,  or  Hindustani 90 

Urdu  (Persian) , "91 

Urdu  (Roman) 92 

Vaudols 41 

Welsh 6 

Wendish  (Upper) 30 

Wendish  (Lower) 31 

Wendish,  Hungarian 34 

Wogul 70 

Wotjak 69 

Toruba 204 

Zirlan,  or  Syrenlan 64 

Zulu 195 


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BrBLK   HOtrSK,   ASTOB   PLACE,  ITE-W   YOKK,   KBECTKD 
BY    THE    SOCIETY,   A.    D.    1853 


BIBLES  AND   TESTAMENTS. 

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